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<title>xmlcatalog Manual</title>
<copyright>
<year>2001</year>
</copyright>
<author>
<firstname>John</firstname>
<surname>Fleck</surname>
</author>
<address><email>jfleck@inkstain.net</email></address>
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<releaseinfo>This is release 0.1 of the xmlcatalog Manual.</releaseinfo>
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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>xmlcatalog</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>xmlcatalog</refname>
<refpurpose>Command line tool to parse and manipulate <acronym>XML</acronym> or
<acronym>SGML</acronym> catalog files.</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>xmlcatalog</command>
<group>
<arg>--shell</arg>
<arg>--create</arg>
<arg>--add <replaceable>type</replaceable>
<replaceable>orig</replaceable> <replaceable>replace</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--del <replaceable>values</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--noout</arg>
<arg>--verbose</arg>
</group>
<arg><option><replaceable>catalogfile</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option><replaceable>entities</replaceable></option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
<application>xmlcatalog</application> is a command line application
allowing users to monitor and manipulate <acronym>XML</acronym> and
<acronym>SGML</acronym> catalogs. It is included in
<application>libxml2</application>.
</para>
<para>
Its functions can be invoked from a single command from the command line,
or it can perform multiple functions in interactive mode. It can operate
on both <acronym>XML</acronym> and <acronym>SGML</acronym> files.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="cloptions">
<title>Command Line Options</title>
<para>
<option>--shell</option> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> - Run a shell
allowing interactive queries on catalog file
<replaceable>filename</replaceable>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--create</option> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> - Create a new
<acronym>XML</acronym> catalog. Outputs to stdout, ignoring
<replaceable>filename</replaceable> unless <option>--noout</option> is
used, in which case it creates a new catalog file
<replaceable>filename</replaceable>.
</para>
<para>
<option>--add</option> <replaceable>'type'</replaceable>
<replaceable>'orig'</replaceable> <replaceable>'replace'</replaceable>
<replaceable>filename</replaceable> - Add an entry to catalog file
<filename>filename</filename>. <replaceable>type</replaceable> indicates
the type of entry. Possible types are 'public', 'system', 'rewriteSystem',
'delegatePublic' and 'delegateSystem'. <replaceable>'orig'</replaceable>
is the original reference to
be replaced, and <replaceable>'replace'</replaceable> is the
<acronym>URI</acronym> of the replacement entity to be used. The
<option>-add</option> option will not overwrite
<replaceable>filename</replaceable>, outputing to stdout, unless
<option>--noout</option> is used. The <option>--add</option> will always
take three parameters even if some of the <acronym>XML</acronym> catalog
constructs will have only a single argument.
<!--
FIXME - Is my list of possible types correct? Are SGML types the same?
-->
</para>
<para>
<option>--del</option> <replaceable>'values'</replaceable>
<replaceable>filename</replaceable> - Remove entries from the catalog file
<replaceable>filename</replaceable> matching
<replaceable>'values'</replaceable>. The <option>--del</option> option
will not overwrite <replaceable>filename</replaceable>, outputing to
stdout, unless <option>--noout</option> is used.
</para>
<para>
<option>--noout</option> - Save output to the named file rather than
outputing to stdout.
</para>
<para>
<option>-v</option> or <option>--verbose</option> - output debugging
information.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="shell">
<title>Shell Commands</title>
<para>Invoking <application>xmlcatalog</application> with the
<option>--shell</option> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> option opens
a command line shell allowing interactive access to the catalog file
identified by <replaceable>filename</replaceable>. Invoking the shell
provides a command line prompt after which commands can be entered.
</para>
<para>
<option>public</option> <replaceable>'PublicID'</replaceable> - Execute a
public identifier lookup of the catalog entry for
<replaceable>'PublicID'</replaceable>. The corresponding entry will be
output to the command line.
</para>
<para>
<option>system</option> <replaceable>'SystemID'</replaceable> - Execute a
public identifier lookup of the catalog entry for
<replaceable>'SystemID'</replaceable>. The corresponding entry will be
output to the command line.
</para>
<para>
<option>add </option> <replaceable>'type'</replaceable>
<replaceable>'orig'</replaceable> <replaceable>'replace'</replaceable> -
Add an entry to the catalog
file. <replaceable>type</replaceable> indicates the type of
entry. Possible types are 'public', 'system', 'rewriteSystem',
'delegatePublic' and 'delegateSystem'. <replaceable>'orig'</replaceable>
is the original reference to be replaced, and
<replaceable>'replace'</replaceable> is the <acronym>URI</acronym> of the
replacement entity to be used.
</para>
<para>
<option>del</option> <replaceable>'values'</replaceable> - Remove the
catalog entry corresponding to <replaceable>'values'</replaceable>.
</para>
<para>
<option>dump</option> - Print the current catalog.
</para>
<para>
<option>debug</option> - Print debugging statements showing the steps
<application>xmlcatalog</application> is executing.
</para>
<para>
<option>quiet</option> - Stop printing debugging statements.
</para>
<para>
<option>exit</option> - Quit the shell.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="references">
<title>References</title>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><application>libxml web page: </application><ulink
url="http://www.xmlsoft.org/">http://www.xmlsoft.org/</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<application>libxml</application> catalog support web page: <ulink
url="http://www.xmlsoft.org/catalog.html">http://www.xmlsoft.org/catalog.html</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
James Clark's <acronym>SGML</acronym> catalog page: <ulink
url="http://www.jclark.com/sp/catalog.htm">http://www.jclark.com/sp/catalog.htm</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<acronym>OASIS</acronym> <acronym>XML</acronym> catalog
specification: <ulink
url="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/spec.html">http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/entity/spec.html</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>